Chapter Fifty-Nine: The Reward Falls Through
Since it didn't take much time to capture the Xiangling golden snub-nosed monkey, the two caught slimy worms in the woods for another half a day, and did not leave until Lu Bo's big cowhide bag could not fit it.
I traveled all the way and returned to Yimen Town in the evening.
Su Rongrong looked up at the sky, the vast clouds were dark gray, no longer clear in the morning, and a gust of cold wind blew away the temperature in the air.
She took out the fur that Zhen Guogong had prepared for her and draped it on her body, she didn't feel cold when she hurried, and now she stopped and realized the arrival of winter.
Lu Bo walked in front of her, pushed open the narrow wooden door of Yixian Pavilion, and just as she took a step, she heard an old voice shouting with trembling teeth: "Come in! Close......!
Su Rongrong came in then and couldn't help but smile when she saw it. The old man, who was still lying leisurely on the Taishi chair in the morning, is now wrapped in a wool shawl and shrunk into a ball, and his mouth keeps urging: "If you want to hand in the task, hurry up, I'll close the door when you leave." This winter, if you say that you will cool down, you will freeze my old bones. ”
Lu Bo piled the cowhide bag containing slime worms on the counter and said, "Fellow Daoist, this is slimy worms, count them." ”
The old man stared at the bulging cowhide bag, and while using his divine sense to probe in and count, he said in a trembling voice: "So many, this slimy worm can run, and you are also working hard...... Ouch, there are 200 of them! Did you catch them and save them until now?"
Lu Bo was indifferent, but Su Rongrong smiled and took out another cloth bag and said, "They were all caught today." I was well positioned, he was fast, and of course he was efficient. Fellow Daoist, there is still something here, and it is troublesome to check out the goods. ”
The old man already knew that Lu Bo's cultivation was high, but a high cultivation did not mean that his movements were fast, let alone that he had a keen sense, and it was really amazing to catch so many slime worms in one day. He glanced at Su Rongrong a few more times, and then opened the cloth bag she brought: "Little friend, the slimy worm will melt into water in a hurry, so you can't use cotton cloth...... Huh, monkey?"
Su Rongrong explained with a smile: "Xiangling Golden Snub-nosed Monkey, the task of ten lower-grade spirit stones!"
"Oh mom! take it away, take it away, this task has been revoked!" Unexpectedly, the old man suddenly shouted when he heard this, "In the morning, as soon as you left, I received news that someone had captured this spirit monkey, but it went crazy again and killed two people, and now the Chu family no longer wants this monkey." Throw it out quickly, lest it hurt anyone, and I will pay you the sixty taels of silver."
Su Rongrong and Lu Bo glanced at each other, stepped forward and said sincerely: "Don't be afraid, fellow Daoist, the little monkey went crazy because he was parasitized by the puppet worm, and now the worm is dead, there is no danger." Please tell the Chu family, we can't enter the city without this spirit stone......"
However, the old man was so frightened that he jumped up, and his voice changed tone: "Puppet worms, God feed this is not a joke, this insect plague has only stopped for less than a hundred years, why is it coming again! You go quickly, in short, the reward is gone, and it is useless to look for me!"
Before the two of them could say anything, the old man pushed them out of the door, threw the Xiangling golden snub-nosed monkey and the money bag with the silver spirit beads together, and hurriedly locked the door.
Su Rongrong was stunned for a while, what is the situation, the task has been done in vain?
Forget it, the question is that if this task is gone, where will they go to find spirit stones? Is it really enough to catch 2,000 slime worms in the mountains? It is estimated that they may not be enough to count after rummaging through Yishan!
A cold wind blew, and Su Rongrong felt as desolate as a dead leaf.
Lu Bo exhaled, and the exit became a white mist, and the weather was getting colder and colder.
He lifted the Xiangling golden snub-nosed monkey from the ground, turned around and strode away: "Let's go, go back to the inn first." ”
Su Rongrong glanced back again, and was sure that the old man would not open the door again, so she had to sigh and follow him.
"You say, are there any other immortal cultivation cities on Yicheng? Maybe if we keep walking, we will encounter people who don't collect city fees......" Su Rongrong was listless and began to plan for the worst.
Lu Bo was also thinking about something, and couldn't help but laugh when he heard this: "Xiazhou is vast, and this Yishan is afraid that there is only one city in Yicheng." If Miss Su doesn't mind spending a few months touring the mountains and rivers, Lu has no objection. ”
Su Rongrong glared, how many months? It has been more than two months since she crossed over to now, and she is only in the middle of Qi training, and if she wants to waste time on walking, do you want her to go back to the earth and be an old woman directly?
"No, it won't work. Su Rongrong walked around in a circle anxiously, and finally exhaled fiercely, "Lu Bo, we will set off for Yicheng tomorrow morning and invite someone to find the Chu family at the gate of the city!"
Lu Bofeng's eyes narrowed slightly, raised his eyebrows and smiled: "That's what I mean." ”
Since the other party is not offering a reward, we will come to the door with the prey!
After resting at the inn for the night, the next day it was even more gloomy, and it was getting late.
When the shopkeeper heard that they were leaving, he hurriedly wrapped some dried beef strips for them to make dry food, and drew a simple map, saying that he was making amends. Su Rongrong was a little flattered, but Lu Bo smiled and said that people wish you had a free food and accommodation to go quickly, and Su Rongrong was relieved when she thought about it.
Out of Yimen Town, the two of them still traveled all the way, and arrived at the gate of Yicheng in the afternoon.
Yicheng is worthy of being a city, and the city gates and walls should have them. Different from mortal cities, there are complex formations depicted on the gate walls, castle towers, and banners, which must be activated to maintain the safety of the city in case of emergency.
Under the city gate sat a middle-aged man in the early stage of foundation building, and a small table was set up in front of him, responsible for registering personnel information in and out.
According to the inn Xiaoer, at the beginning of spring, people entering the city have to line up here for a long queue, one by one to check, register and release; when there are many people, they have to line up from morning to night.
However, the early winter is the off-season, and the number of people coming and going is scarce, and after waiting for a long time, I only saw the middle-aged people under the city gate yawning all the time.
Su Rongrong and the others originally planned to stop a person who entered the city and give him money to ask him to help find the Chu family to send a message, but now it seems that it is better to go on it themselves.
"Hello fellow Daoist, can I trouble you?" Su Rongrong walked over and asked straight to the point.
The middle-aged man lifted his eyelids and glanced at her, and said, "There are two lower grade spirit stones in the city, one is the entrance fee, and the other is the deposit of the Yicheng gate number." ”
Su Rongrong was stunned, and actually asked for a deposit for the house number! It seems that this Xiangling golden snub-nosed monkey must be paid.
Su Rongrong showed a social standard smile and said, "Fellow Daoist is like this, we have a thing in our hands that the Yicheng Chu family is looking for, and we want to ask ......."
"Enter the city with two lower grade spirit stones. The middle-aged man impatiently tapped his fingers on the small table and interrupted her.
Su Rongrong glanced at Lu Bo, he nodded, and Su Rongrong took out ten spirit beads from the storage bag on his waist.
Since the Shaft Ring Road man gave her an oversized storage bag to store her luggage, she freed up the small storage bag and hung it on her waist to hold some commonly used gadgets, so as not to be afraid of being discovered every time she opened the backpack panel. Although Rong'er has never learned embroidery, she is also a person who loves beauty, and she has put a layer of embroidered cloth on the outside of the storage bag, which is as cute as a pendant.
"Fellow Daoist, if we don't enter the city, I'll trouble you to pass on a message. Su Rongrong smiled and quietly put the ten spirit beads in the hands of the middle-aged man, "Just tell the Chu family, Xiao Yuan's mania has been cured, and I will take Xiao Yuan to wait for them here." ”
The middle-aged man's divine sense swept over the spirit bead, his eyes lit up, his wrist was quickly closed, and he made a embarrassed expression and said: "In this way, I see that you are also sincere, but I can't leave, let me find someone to bring you a message." ”
Su Rongrong nodded well.
The middle-aged man walked to the city gate, whispered a few words to one of the guards, and quietly stuffed him with two spirit beads. The guard seemed a little surprised, glanced at Su Rongrong, and shuffled away lazily.
When Lu Bo saw it, he leaned on the city wall and closed his eyes and waited.
Su Rongrong talked to the middle-aged man and asked him about some of the rules of Yicheng, but the middle-aged man was also a treacherous person, and always said that he would divert the topic without saying a word, and told Su Rongrong how reputable the Lingzhuang of Yicheng was and that there were so many customers, and persuaded them that if they entered the city, they must apply for a Ling card, and they also told Lingzhuang that he introduced it.
Su Rongrong estimated that he had encountered a business, but now that he was asking for help, it was not good to tear his face, so he responded with a smile.
Wait until it gets dark.